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WIPE-R FOR SOLDE RING MAGHINES.

N0.417,682. I Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVALTER J. PHELPS AND JEHU B. MO NABB, OF SALEM, OHIO; SAID MCNABB I ASSIGNOR TO SAID PHELPS.

BRING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,682, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filed August 13, 1889. $eria1 No. 320,612. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER J. PHELPS and .IEHU B. MONABB, citizens of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wipers for Soldering-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a wiper for soldering-machines designed to remove the surplus solder employed in forming the joints.

During the operation of soldering the heads in a can the latter is rotated in such a position that all points of its periphery or corner passes throughthe molten solder, thereby filling the joint, and if no wiper is used the solder is not confined to the joint, but spreads over a portion of the side and bottom of the can, thereby rendering it rough and clumsy.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective device applicable to any soldering-machine, which is adapted to bear against the periphery or corner of the can as it is rotated, and thereby removes all surplus solder, so that .it may flow back into the melting-pot.

The invention consists in a bar or plate provided with a notch, an adjustable plate secured to the bar or plate and provided with a similar notch, and. an asbestus lining clamped between the said plates. This plate I) is adjustable by means of a screw and nuts as shown; but as this plate forms no part of our invention a detailed description thereof is not deemed necessary.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of constructions and arrangements fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportable soldering-machine with the wiper applied thereto in the operative position. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view. 'Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the wiper with the parts detached.

The above drawings show the wiper applied to a soldering-machine of the ordinary construction, consisting, essentially, of a body A, having a central flue a, the melting-pot B at the top of the body, the plate or cover 0 over the melting-pot and provided with a crescentshaped slot 0, through which the corner or edge of the can projects, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 3, and the adjustable supporting or guide plate D, adjacent to the said slot and designed to steady the can while the latter is rotated.

provided at one end with a V-shaped fork or notch F, which is arranged adjacent to one end of the crescent-shaped slot so as to embrace the edge of the can as it rises from the slot. An adj ustable upper plate F is secured 6 5- by a set-screw f to the bar or plate 6, and is provided with a V-shaped fork or notch which corresponds exactly in shape and size with that in the bar or plate, and an asbestus lining G is arranged within the fork or notch and projects slightly between the plates, so

as to be clamped and held in place thereby.

In operation the can is rotated so that its upwardly-moving side comes in contact with the wiper,'and as the solder is heated to a high degree it is wiped from the surface of the can and allowed to flow back into the melting-pot. The edges of the fork or notch in the adjustable plate F are beveled to presurface of the can, it being desirable that the asbestus only come in contact therewith. The bar or plate 6 is longitudinally slotted, as seen at H, to receive a set-screw h, which engages a socket in the plate or cover 0, whereby the 8 5 position of the wiper may be adjusted at will to suit the requirements of the operator.

The advantages of the wiper are, first, the solder is removed from the surface of the can, leaving it smooth and giving the can a neat o appearance, and also much solder is saved, as all which is removed by the wiper flows back into the melting-pot,where it may be utilized.

This wiper may be applied to any solderin g-machine, whether operated by hand or- 5 power, and slight changes may be made in the details of construction and shape without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, we claim- 1. A wiper for soldering-machines, the same consisting of a bar or plate having a fork or The wiper E consists of a bar or plate 6, 6o"

vent them from coming in contact with the w TOO notch,an adjustable plate F, secured bya setscrew to the said bar or plate 6, and the asbestus lining clamped between and held in place by the plates, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto aflixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER J. PHELPS. JEHU B. MCNABB.

Witnesses:

W. \V. HOLE, M. L. HOLE. 

